Ron Fairly's third RBI single, coming in the eighth inning, broke a 5-5 tie and the Angels went on to prevail over the Tigers, 7-5. The Tigers had tied the game in the bottom of the seventh, knocking out Angel ace Frank Tanana. Aurelio Rodriguez doubled and scored on Ron LeFlore's single. Dave LaRoche replaced Tanana and yielded a single to Rusty Staub that scored LeFlore, who had stolen second. Jason Thompson's double then scored Staub.

Fairly singled home a run in the fifth and scored on Tony Solaita's home run. Fairly also singled home a run in the sixth. In the Angels' eighth, Rick Miller walked, was sacrificed to second and moved to third on Lyman Bostock's groundout before Fairly pushed a slow ball up the middle for the tie-breaking hit. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 7, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       9, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    1  3  1    0  1  1  -   7 11  1
Tigers       0  0  0    1  1  0    3  0  0  -   5 10  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
R. Miller rf          3   2   0   1     2   1   .228      LeFlore cf            4   2   1   1     1   0   .299
Chalk ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .301      Wagner ss             5   0   1   1     0   0   .220
Bostock cf            4   1   3   0     1   0   .212      Staub dh              5   1   1   1     0   0   .306
Fairly 1b             4   1   3   3     1   0   .283      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .297
Baylor lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .316      Kemp lf               3   0   1   0     1   2   .333
  Landreaux lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Wockenfuss rf         4   1   3   1     0   0   .421
Solaita dh            3   1   1   2     0   1   .160      Parrish c             4   0   0   0     0   2   .191
  Rettenmund ph,dh    1   0   0   0     0   0   .368      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .362
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .216      Dillard 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .167
Lansford 3b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .277      Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Humphrey c            4   0   1   0     1   0   .233        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  11   7     6   3             Totals               37   5  10   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 21,089
Left on Base: Angels 13, Tigers 7
DP: Angels 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Chalk, LeFlore
Doubles: Bostock 2 (6), Lansford (6), Rodriguez (5), Thompson (5)
Triples: Wagner (2)
Home Runs: Baylor (9), Solaita (1), Wockenfuss (1)
Stolen Bases: R. Miller (2), LeFlore (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Chalk (3)
Sacrifice Flies: R. Miller (1)
GIDP: Wagner (1)
Hit by Pitch: Grich (1,by Slaton), Baylor (1,by Crawford), Rettenmund (1,by Foucault)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana                  6.1   8   4   3   0   5   1  28   3.06
LaRoche W(3-0)          2.2   2   1   1   2   0   0  11   1.56
Totals                  9    10   5   4   2   5   1  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton                  5.2   8   5   5   5   2   2  31   5.54
Crawford                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.72
Foucault L(0-2)         2     2   1   1   1   0   0  10   3.60
Hiller                  1     1   1   1   0   1   0   4   1.86
Totals                  9    11   7   7   6   3   2  47

Hit by Pitch: Slaton (4), Crawford (1), Foucault (1)
Wild Pitches: Tanana (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Dale Ford


ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller flied out to left; Chalk lined to third;
Bostock doubled to left; Fairly walked; Baylor flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Wagner
flied out to right; Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Solaita struck out; Grich grounded out (third to
first); Lansford lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson lined to shortstop; Kemp singled to
shortstop; Wockenfuss singled to left [Kemp to third]; Parrish
struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Humphrey flied out to left; R. Miller walked; Chalk
grounded out (shortstop to first) [R. Miller to second]; Bostock
singled to pitcher [R. Miller stayed at second]; Fairly flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Dillard singled to left; LeFlore grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Dillard to second]; Wagner grounded out
(second to first) [Dillard to third]; Staub flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Tigers 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Baylor homered; Solaita grounded out (second to
first); Grich walked; Lansford popped to first; Humphrey singled
to left [Grich to third]; R. Miller was called out on strikes; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson flied out to right; Kemp was called out on
strikes; Wockenfuss homered; Parrish was called out on strikes;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Tigers 1.

ANGELS 5TH: On a bunt Chalk grounded out (third to first);
Bostock doubled to center [Bostock to third (error by LeFlore)];
Fairly singled to right [Bostock scored]; Baylor grounded out
(third to first) [Fairly to second]; Solaita homered [Fairly
scored]; Grich was hit by a pitch; Lansford popped to second; 3
R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez flied out to left; Dillard struck out;
LeFlore reached on an error by Chalk; Wagner tripled to left
[LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Staub lined to center; 1 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 4, Tigers 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Humphrey walked; R. Miller forced Humphrey (pitcher
to shortstop); Chalk flied out to left; R. Miller stole second;
Bostock walked; Fairly singled to right [R. Miller scored,
Bostock to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Baylor
was hit by a pitch [Bostock to third, Fairly to second];
RETTENMUND BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Rettenmund lined to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Thompson
flied to right in foul territory; Kemp struck out; Wockenfuss
singled to left; Parrish forced Wockenfuss (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 5, Tigers 2.

ANGELS 7TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Grich popped
to second; Lansford popped to shortstop; Humphrey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez doubled to center; Dillard flied out to
right; Tanana threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez to third]; LeFlore
singled to right [Rodriguez scored]; LAROCHE REPLACED TANANA
(PITCHING); LeFlore stole second; Wagner popped to first; Staub
singled to right [LeFlore scored]; Thompson doubled to left
[Staub scored]; Kemp walked; Wockenfuss flied out to right; 3 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Tigers 5.

ANGELS 8TH: R. Miller walked; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [R. Miller to second]; Bostock grounded out
(second to first) [R. Miller to third]; Fairly singled to center
[R. Miller scored]; Baylor singled to center [Fairly to third,
Baylor to second (on throw to 3b)]; Rettenmund was hit by a
pitch; Grich forced Rettenmund (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 6, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: LANDREAUX REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING LF); Parrish
flied out to left; Rodriguez flied out to right; Dillard popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6,
Tigers 5.

ANGELS 9TH: HILLER REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Lansford
doubled to left; Humphrey grounded out (second to first)
[Lansford to third]; R. Miller hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Lansford scored]; Chalk struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 7, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: LeFlore walked; Wagner grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [LeFlore out at second]; Staub flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 7, Tigers 5.